Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-02
HOARD OF ALDERMEN.

They wage W ar upon m0squttOS and
 Have Some Exciting Words About the
 W1nchester Avenue Sewer A Sugges-
 tfon About What 60 do With the Two
 Hundred and SeventYsf1ve Thousand Dollars.
 Some of the east shore mosquitoes reached the aldermen's chamber in the City Hall last evening and the attention of the board during the meeting was as much centered on the little pests as they were on the business be- fore them, and handkerchiefs and fans were constantly slapped against the faces and hands of the bitten aldermen. The meeting was called to order by Mayor York and when the roll was called only eleven respond ed, and they had to wait for Alderman Hem ! ingway, ,who, arriving, made up the quorum. The resignation of Alderman Dickerman AS 8 ! member of the tax committee was accepted. Alderman Daley, of the Tenth ward offer ed the following resolution which was refer red to the proper committee:
 To the Court of Common Council of the city of New Haven:
 by the city of New Haven in the Derby railroad
 there is now ip the hands of the treasurer of the sand dollars, which money is not drawing interest,
 nor can the same be used in paying the bonded debt
 Therefore, Be it ordered that the moneys received
 by the city of New Haven for the sale of the stock of the Derby railroad be placed in the hands of some competent committee which shall be known as Committee of the Sinking Fund, which com
 mittee shall give the treasurer of the city suit able bond for the faithful observance of their du ties The duties of which shall be to invest the above sum by mortgage or in proper securities,
 that said which with interest may accrue shall be held to meet the bonded obligations of the city of New Haven A. D. 1891.
 New Haven, August 1, 1887.
 Alderman Dickerman presented remon- strance from people living on Winchester av- enue between Division and Highland streets, obiecting to the building of a sewer on the avenue between those streets, and stated he should move to refer the remonstrance with the order for the sewer back to the proper committee.
 Alderman Whitmore said the sewef wac greatly needed and moved that the petition CTS who signed the remonstrance be given leave to withdraw.
 Alderman Noonan-I think the remon- strance out of order.
 Alderman Dickerman-I don't see what right the sewer committee has got to lay trunk sewer when pipe only is expected. Alderman Noonan-The city engineer lays
 what sewer he thinks necessary, the commit
 tee only order; and the information what the sewer was to be don't think was official,
 and perhaps Alderman Dickerman got his in- formation from R. P. Cowles and other prop erty owners who object to the sewer. Alderman Dickerman-Perhaps the alder
 
 tion from Judge Sheldon, who wants it. Alderman Noonan-I would like to know
 if Alderman Dickerman is working for the
 city or those property holders, and did not
 make the last remark as slur, but to show
 the city what know.
 The Mayor finally brought the matter to a
 crisis and it was voted the petitioners be
 given leave to withdraw.
 Alderman Dickerman said he thought as
 he had resigned from the tax committee
 someone should be appointed in his place,
 and Alderman Whitmore moved that AL
 derman George D. Watrous be appointed
 member of the committee, which was done
 by unanimous vote.
 Petitions referred-For sidewalk on west
 side of Poplar street, between Pine street and
 Shore Line track; for building section of
 boulevard sewer between Lamberton street
 and Congress avenue; for lamp on Starin
 dock; Charles Willard for special
 constable; for top dressing of East street, be-
 tween Grand avenue and State street; for top
 dressing of Bradley street; for grading, curb
 ing and cobble guttering of Division street in part; top dressing of Daggett street; for gas
 lamp on Carlisle street; for sewer on Port- sea street, from Howard avenue to Water street; of James D. Dewell and others asking to have reprinted with whatever additional matter the city deems necessary pamphlet entitled Memorial Report and Statistics Concerning Improvements of New Haven Harbor," which was presented to the con- mittee of commerce of the United States by the city of New Haven, Conn.,, January, 1879.
 Orders passed-For sidewalk on George street, between Norton street and Sher- man avenue; for curbing and grading of Burtonia Place; for the extension of Stanley street; for sidewalk on Avon street, between Orange and Foster streets; for side walk on Eld street, between Orange and State streets; for sidewalk on Minor street, between Wooster and Fair streets; for side | walk on Collis street, between East and Franklin streets; for sidewalk on Adeline strest, between West and Barclay streets; for sidewalk on south side of May street; for sidewalk and curb on Lombard street, be- tween Ferry and North Front streets; for top dressing of Wallace street, between Water and State streets, for top dressing of Hamilton street, between Water and State streets; for cobble gutters on
 Oak, between Congress and Winthrop avenues, and Howe, between Whalley and Sylvan avenues; Franklin, between Water and State streets; Park, between Howard avenue and Oak street; for crosswalk on Pine
 street, across Johnson alley; for 8 sewer in
 Greene street. between Academy and Olive
 streets; granting $50 to Thomas and Bridget
 Welch, for damages caused by falling on slippery sidewalk; to have board of finance
 approve $160 bill of expenses incurred by
 the chief and Commissioner Jerome during their vacation trip to Chicago asking for
 $3, GOO for the free library, to be used in pur- chasing books; lamps in Norton and Foote
 streets and on Judson avenue; for the con- struetion of asphalt pavement on Temple
 street, at cost of 3,600; for transfer $3,00O
 interest on sewerage bonds to public library appropriation.
 Dr. Lindsleys Health Officer, Said to Palladium reporter: Don't overload